3. Buddha Lotus Terrace

Miss Huang visited her father, and then left in the soft sedan chair when she came, coming and going in a hurry, but Li Chengyuan couldn't come back to his senses while standing at the door of the prison. It wasn't until Lao Zhang came to call that Li Chengyuan stepped back to the ground from the fluttering clouds, and the soles of his feet were a little more steady, and his mind was still full of clouds.

Lao Zhang bent down and asked, "Young master, the villain brought the horse here?" ”

Li Chengyuan was stunned for a long time before he reacted: "Oh...... Good. When Lao Zhang led the horse, he was saying that he would let the two officials escort him back to the house, but Li Chengyuan turned over on his horse and beat the horse and left, going in a different direction from the mansion.

It is said that not far from Tan Miaofan walked out of the prison, he saw a woman wearing linen and filial piety kneeling on the ground crying, and there was a corpse wrapped in a broken straw mat in front of her. The woman was dressed in filial piety, and there was grass on her head, looking like she was going to sell herself, Miao Fan recognized that the corpse had just been carried out of the prison, so she walked over.

This movement had already attracted passers-by to watch, and Tan Miaofan didn't even ask, but knew the general ins and outs from their gossip. The deceased is the woman's father-in-law, who was originally a wealthy family, opened a shop on the street of Jianing County, sold some silk cloth from the south of the Yangtze River and came back to sell, the shop is also small, and the small business is also small, although they are not rich and expensive, but they also have no worries about food and clothing, the two have been married for six or seven years, and have a son under their knees, and they live a harmonious and beautiful life. In April last year, the man went to Jiangnan to sell cloth again, and when he returned, he met the old slave of the Zhixian family at the wharf, discussed with him, set up two boxes on the cargo ship, and sent them back to the Zhixian Mansion after crossing the river. Who knew that the cargo ship capsized in the center of the river, a boatload of fine silk was thrown into the water, and the remnants of the salvaged cloth were also soaked and deformed, and they could not be sold at a good price, and even the goods of the county magistrate were nowhere to be found.

The man lost money, but fortunately his life was safe, but he lost the things of the county and was upset, so he went home and discussed with his wife a few days to come to apologize. Unexpectedly, only a day later, the county government came to the official errand, and without saying a word, he sealed his shop, and said that he was shoddy and deliberately raised the price to deceive people, so he was sent to prison pending trial. The business is at a loss, the husband is in prison, the family is like the sky is falling, this woman is bent on saving people, went to the county government to ask to see the official several times, and after returning home, she sold the shop property, and the child was also sent back to her parents' house for foster care, hoping to redeem people. But after tossing for more than a year, a lot of money has been spent, and the family is in ruins, but the man is still locked up in prison, and now he is fine, and he died of illness in prison. In order to redeem the corpse, the woman scraped together to get five taels of silver, but now she can no longer take out the silver to take care of the funeral, so she has no other choice but to sell her body to bury her husband.

The woman was crying sadly, her shoulders twitching vigorously, and although there were many onlookers, no one wanted to come out and take over the mess. Not to mention the funeral, it costs seven or eight taels of silver, this woman is not a beautiful girl, and she is not young, so she can buy it back and be a cook at most, and it is not worth spending so much money, so no one has stepped forward for a long time. Seeing that the woman was about to cry and die, and it would not be a matter for the corpse to be put down like this, Tan Miaofan checked his purse, estimated that there were more than two taels of silver on his body, and then untied it and handed it to the woman.

"Female donor, mourning and change."

The woman was dazzled by crying, and caught a glimpse of a hand stretched out clean, with slender fingers and distinct knuckles, full and neat nails, and the gray cuffs were spotless, only slightly dyed with the smell of incense and candles, and she did not feel dizzy when she smelled it, but was somewhat comfortable. As soon as she raised her head, she crashed into Miao Fan's compassionate eyes, and Rao was shocked.

What a little monk!

There are good deeds on the side and quipped: "Yo, this little master is afraid that he has moved his heart, otherwise what would he do if he bought a woman to go back to the temple, is he going to be Guanyin Bodhisattva!" ”

As soon as others said that the woman didn't dare to take it, although in the name of selling her body, she also made up her mind that no matter who she was, she had to follow him, but the monk? Or a young monk? She didn't expect it, and she didn't want to blaspheme the Buddha.

Miao Fan is an honest man, taciturn, and he doesn't know how to explain when he is misunderstood by others, so he just blindly hands over his purse. The woman did not dare to take it under any circumstances, and trembled.

"Idiot!"

There was a woman in the crowd who "poofed" and scolded a nerd. Some people follow the prestige, only to see a big and a small two girls standing behind to watch the excitement, the little girl has a round face with freckles, looking clever and clever, the older girl is holding a flower and a moon, wearing Ai green clothes, and it is the fairy appearance that comes out of the painting. She was pursing her lips at the moment, and her eyes were slanted at Miao Fan, as if she was smiling.

Miao Fan was bent on saving the suffering, and he didn't say anything to the accident, and when he saw that the woman didn't answer, he put the purse on the ground, put his palms together and made a Buddhist salute, and turned around without saying a word. The woman was still surprised, and when she saw that he seemed to be leaving, she was so panicked that she subconsciously grabbed him and grabbed the corner of his monk's robe.

Others coaxed and ridiculed this woman for losing her soul when she saw Monk Jun, obviously wanting to go with others, where can she still take care of her husband who is not blind to death! The woman's face turned white for a while, and she handed the purse back: "Little Master! Your concubine has received it physically and mentally, but you can't ask for this money, you can take it back. ”

Miao Fan frowned, and wanted to tear off the corners of her robe, but she didn't let go, she had to return the money. He advised: "The donor accepts it, buys a coffin and buries the venerable husband, and the Bodhisattva of Freedom practices great compassion, and whoever practices great compassion sees suffering, and is willing to uproot his suffering, and relieving suffering is the good that a monk should do." Amitabha. ”

It turned out that he was doing good deeds, and now the others stopped talking nonsense, and the person who made fun just now was also embarrassed, and felt a little dirty. The two girls standing in the crowd were Miss Huang and Xiaohe, Xiaohe sighed when she saw this: "I didn't expect there to be good people in this world." ”

Miss Huang just stared at Tan Miaofan, her eyes were shining, as if she had fallen into a rainbow. She suddenly said to Xiaohe: "Go, take ten taels of silver and give it to her." ”

Xiaohe didn't hear clearly for a while: "Huh? ”

Miss Huang chuckled: "Go, I'll be this idiot." ”

The two were at a stalemate, Xiaohe came over and snatched Miao Fan's purse, and then put a piece of silver in the woman's hand, and said crisply: "My young lady gave it to you, let you go back and bury your husband well." The woman was grateful, kowtowed to Xiaohe, and muttered Xie Lu Xie in her mouth. Xiaohe didn't stop it, but just said, "Don't thank me, the silver was given by my young lady, and the people are there." With her pointing, Miao Fan saw Miss Huang.

Miss Huang smiled softly and whispered, "The slave family can't afford such a big gift, madam, please get up." She motioned for Xiaohe to help the woman up, and persuaded her with good words, "Madame's mourning, the top priority is to take care of the husband's death, don't cry and break your body." She comforted the woman a few words, and asked if there was a settlement in the future, the woman said that she planned to go to her mother's brother, Miss Huang said that it was very good, "Although the slave family is not a Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves suffering, but the road is uneven, and the lady will not do such a thing again if she has to rely on it in the future." Fortunately, I met this kind-faced little master, if it was a bad person, I really don't know what to do! ”

She smiled and smiled, and deliberately glanced at Tan Miaofan as she spoke, as if she was watching his reaction.

Tan Miaofan's face was expressionless, he didn't smile or speak, and the old monk stood there as if he was staring at the purse in Xiaohe's hand. Miss Huang didn't think it was interesting, so she stopped talking to a few people, casually said a few polite words to the woman, and left through the crowd. Unexpectedly, before they went far, Tan Miaofan actually caught up.

"Donor stays!"

Miss Huang didn't seem to hear it, so she rushed forward with her head buried in her head, and Miao Fan followed closely and followed directly into a small alley. The two sides of the small alley are gray and white walls, the bricks and stones on the ground are old and damaged, crooked, Tan Miaofan thought that he would not be able to catch up, who knew that he looked up and saw Miss Huang standing alone at the bottom of the alley, turned around and blinked, and could see her dense long eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings from a distance.

It turned out to be a dead end.

Tan Miaofan walked over slowly, just bowed in front of her, but before she could speak, she was preempted.

"What are you little monk doing with me?"

It seems to be a question, and it is like a joke. Miao Fan was about to answer, but Miss Huang giggled, covered her mouth and said: "What do you say about saving the suffering, a sanctimonious guy, but in fact he is not a six-root impure flower monk!" You say, "Why are you following me?" Well? ”

Tan Miaofan raised her eyes and saw that she looked like Miss Huang undoubtedly, but her demeanor was very different from the person she saw at the door of the prison.

Miss Huang tilted her head: "What, I'm so good-looking?" ”

His expression was a little confused, causing her to scream again, and took a step closer to bring her face to him. Put the shell of the shell of the egg as a white and pure face, tender can pinch out the water, just like this pestle under Miao Fan's eyelids, the peach blossom lip petals are still slightly pouting, straight to his nervous throat and eyes, stumbling.

Miss Huang laughed again, lifted a gray purse and deliberately dangled it in front of Miao Fan, her fingertips were as white as tender shallots: "Want this?" ”

Tan Miaofan followed her to look for a purse, and bowed when she saw this: "Please return the poor monk to the donor." ”

Miss Huang asked with a smile: "You said that the purse is yours, is it yours?" What about the evidence? ”

Miao Fan pointed and said, "My purse is embroidered with a lotus platform. ”

Miss Huang glanced at it, and saw that there was indeed a lotus flower in the corner of the purse, and her eyes rolled: "There are more lotus bags embroidered in the world, and my maid is still called Xiao Lotus, the lotus flower is the same root, how can you prove that it is yours with just one embroidery sample?" ”

Miao Fan said: "This is not an ordinary lotus, but the twelve lotus platforms of the Nyorai Dharma Seat, which are the things of people in my Buddhism." ”

Miss Huang was stunned, but he looked dull and a little sharp, but she was a person who was willing to bow to the wind, and smiled again in an instant, and shook her fingertips with her purse, "You little master is so tasteless!" Didn't you say that it was good to save the suffering, and just now you helped with righteousness, why do you want the money back now? Did the Buddha teach you to go back on your word? ”

"But......" Miao Fan was kind and angry, and he didn't want to say anything serious, but he had to speak in the current situation, "The poor monk was going to give it to the female benefactor just now, but you took it...... Naturally, I have to come back. ”

Miss Huang chuckled: "Little Master, you said you wanted to give it to that female benefactor, right?" ”

Not? Miao Fan didn't expect that she was not only not angry, but asked like this, and nodded honestly: "Exactly." ”

"That-" Miss Huang deliberately hung his appetite, took off a long note, and then said a lot of words like a crackling cannon, "How can there be any reason to get back the money that Shi Lu has gone?" If you want to give her silver, I will also give her silver, you give two taels and I will give eight taels, but there is just no scattered, so I simply gave ten taels, and then counted these two taels as change. Also, when you are a monk, you always have the equality of all beings on your lips, since your silver can be given to the female benefactor, you can naturally give me the female benefactor, I and her are both women, if you don't give it to her, it is favoritism. If you favor one over the other, it can only prove that you don't see me as the same as her, little master, you can tell me, where am I different from her? Do you like to bully girls like me? ”

This...... It's really aggressive. The first time Miao Fan met this kind of nonsense girl, he was a little out of breath, and he sighed and said: "The little monk didn't favor one over the other, nor did he bully you, he just ......"

"If you want, take it yourself."

Before he could finish explaining, Miss Huang interrupted him. Miao Fan watched her put her purse into her arms and cling to her body.

She spread out her hands, sure that he didn't dare to step forward: "Oh, come and get it." ”